Calendar frame and card.



W. H. HALL.

CALENDAR FRAME AND CARD.

APPLICATION r1LBDPEB.24,19oa.

909,291. 9 Panama .1311.121909 CARD No.1.

JAN UARY BEWION 223,25'ima4 if y WILLIAM H. HALL, OF CLYDE, ILLINOIS.

CALENDAR FRAME AND CARD.

Application led February 24, 1908. Serial No. 417,459.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 19(19.

To all'fwhom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM H. HALL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Clyde,

Aconstruct a calendar frame in such manner that the calendar cards can be easily inserted, therein and withdrawn therefrom without injurin or soiling the calendar cards.

Anot er object is to provide a system of calendar cards covering a large range of years together With the respective months thereof, as well as means whereby a particular date malbe readily ascertained,

e invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, .Fi 1re 1 is a front view 0f the calendar, and caendar frame as used; Fi 2 a transverse section taken on line 2 2 ofIig. 1; Fi 3 a transverse section taken on line 3 3 of ig. 1; Fig. 4 a front view of one of the year cards for 31day months; Iiig. 5 a reverse view of Fig. 4; 111g. 6 a front view of one of the year cards for 30day months; Fig. 7 a reverse view of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 a front view of a calendar card having 31` days, the same being one of a series of similar cards; Fig. 9 a reverse view of Fig. 8; IA ig. 10 a front view of another calendar card of the series; and-Fig. 11 a reverse view of Pig. 10.

M improved calend ar frame consists, preferab y, of an intermediate piece of mattingl 12, having usually a stri of card board 13 on its'front slde. U on an over this card board 13,is placed a leat eroid or other suit-able facing 14, which has its edges bent over and back of the piece of matting 12, and isglued or otherwise secured thereto. An o emng 15 is `formed in t'he matting 12, extenchng through to its outer edge, forming a pocket into which the calendar cards 16 may be insertedyand the lstrip of card board 13 and the leatherold or other suitable facin 14 have a square opening through which t e calendar cards 16 are displayed. Upon the rear side of the intermediate ieee of matting 12 is a back 17 of substantia ly stiff` material, such as tin,

which has, upon its outer side, a suitable covering 18.` An elongated slot 19 is punched through the backing 17 and covering 18, so as to enable the various calendar Cards to be readily handled from either or both sides of the calendar fra1ne.` All of the respective parts of the calendar frame, heretofore de-- scribed, have the same general design so as to present a thoroughly uniform and harmoni ous appearance.

Upon the back of the calendar frame, and near its upper edge, is hinged a supporting arm 20, which is adapted to maintain the calendar frame in proper osition. A retainer 21 is connected with `oth the hinged supporting arm 2() and the back of the calendar trame, as indicated in Fig. 2, for the purpose of limiting the outward movement of Said arm.

The calendar system preferably ein loyed in connection with the use of this ca endar frame consists of cards having a table of years in combination with cards having the various months printed thereon. The 31- day months have a common color or other similar designating means, as well as the 30- day months, and the month oi February. In the present instance there are three cards which have tables of years thereon, two months b'eing printed on each side thereof, as shown. The year tables are divided into seven different sections, one for each day of the Week, and each card has its sections numbered from 1 to 7, res iectively.. The year tables, at the bottom o the cards, are for the month indicated above, as in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7.

The days of the month are displayed from six different cards, having on both sides the respective calendar months, all of the 31-day months coniorming, in color or other common designating means, with the Ayear tables for those months. The same is true as to the 30-day months, and the month of l* ebru ary. It will be understood that the' card having year tables is inserted back of the card having the days of the months, as shown in Fig. 1. i

Referring now to Figs. 8, 9, 1() and 11, it will be seen that a rectangular opening 22 is punched in cach of the cards having the days of the month thereon, said openings being directly below the respective columns of numerals and are also of a size corresponding With the sections of theyear cards, as in `Eig. 1. In the present system, the various sections of the 31day months are numbered from left to right andthe BO-da months are numbered from right to left, so t at when the card shown in Fig. 8 is retersed, as in Fig. 9, the rectangular o ening 22 will appear under the last columno numerals for Saturday, and as the' marking of the 30-di'iI months is reversed from that of the 31 ay months the same Willappear under section No. 1. The same a plies. to the other cards having the days o the months printed theren,'as in Figs. l10 and 11, in Whichthe rectangular opening 22 is under the second column of numerals for the 31-4day months; and, when reversed is under the sixth' column of numer-l als Vfor the BO-day months, said cards bein numbered 2, respectively, because, asstate before, the 30-day cards are read in the opposite direction from those of the 31`day cards.

When it is -desired (to ind a particular date, such, for instance, as December 1, 1903, ltion iirst take the calendar card for December avingthe table 'of years thereon, and, having found the articular year desired in Aone of the seven co unins near the bottom of the card, you roceed tol find the calendar card having 31 ays, as well as anopening which registers exactly with the particular section of years desired. When thisy is accomplished you have the -correctcalendar table, so that, as' indicated. in Fig. 1, you may know that December 1, 1903, was on Tuesday. As the saine procedure applies to the various cards of this calendar system, further explanation is deemed unnecessary.4 i

From the foregoing descri Vtion it is apparent that in y im roved calen ar frame is constructed in suc a manner that the calendar cards can be easily and Without diiiiculty inserted or withdrawn, b reason of thc fact that openings are provi ed thro h rthe front and rear of the frame. Altho any suitable calendar cardsniay be; us in connection with this frame, the card system heretofore described is es ecially adapted to be used inconnectioii t erewith, because it not only serves for the -eve da use of the ordinary commercial calen ar, ut a further advantage lies in the fact that, as 'before stated, a Aparticular date, `coverin a large ran e of years,- can be readily foiin when `desire What I claim as new and desire to secure the lI irst mentioned cards, all of the seven on the `31-'clay months and from rightito ett..

on the 30-.da months, seven cards havin,

Athe months o the year printed thereon, eac

card having'an` opening formed in a section corresponding to one of the sections of the -rst mentionedgrcardsyall of the seven cards having openingsffin different sections from 1 one another, said opening in each card being adapted to register with'one of 'the seven sections of the year card, substantially as described,

3. In combination with a calendar frame, a series of cards having the months of the years printed thereon andjseven sections of a table of years, the sections being numbered from 1 to 7, the numbers readi from left to right on the 431day months and om right to left on the 30-day months, seven cards having the'monthsl of the year printed thereon, each card having an opening formed-in a' section corresponding to oneof the sections of the first mentioned cards, all of the seve cards having openings in different sectio from one another, said openi in each card being adapted to register wit one of the severi sections of the` year card, the respective cards, when properly adjusted, being ada ted to displaly a common distinguishing ma'r substantia y asdescribed.`

4; ln combination with a .calendar having an opening in both itsfroiit and rear sides, a

4corresponding 'to one `of the sections of the -rst mentioned cards, all of the seven cards having openings iii different sections from one another, said opening iii each card being adapted to register with one ot the seven sections of tlie year card, the respective cards,

when properly adjusted, being adapted toA display a common distinguishing mark, sub? stantially as described.

WILLIAM H. HALL. Witnesses? 'WALKER BANNING,

PinnsoN W; BANKING.

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